Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
(CLCS)
Outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the
baselines:
Submissions to the Commission:
Submission by the Republic of Kenya

On 6 May
2009, the Republic of Kenya submitted to the Commission on the Limits of
the Continental Shelf, in accordance with Article 76, paragraph 8, of the United
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, information on the limits of the
continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the
breadth of the territorial sea is measured.

It is noted that the Convention
entered into force for
Kenya on 16 November 1994.

In accordance with the Rules of
Procedure of the Commission, a communication is being circulated to all Member
States of the United Nations, as well as States Parties to the Convention, in
order to make public the executive summary of the submission, including
all charts and coordinates contained in that summary.

The consideration of the submission
made by Kenya will be included in the provisional agenda of the twenty-fourth
session of the Commission to be held in New York from 10 August to 11 September
2009.

Upon completion of the consideration
of the submission, the Commission will make recommendations pursuant to Article
76 of the Convention.

Note:
The designations employed in the submissions, including description of the
areas, are as contained in the communications from submitting States or in the
executive summaries. Their listing on this web site and the presentation of
material do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of
the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any
country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the
delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.

Prepared by the Division for Ocean Affairs and the
Law of the Sea, Office of Legal Affairs, United
Nations.